September 02, 2005

Ciao Pierluigi: Collina retires. In related news, Laetitia Casta "adore[s] football and the severity of referees." *tweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!*

posted by Hugh Janus to soccer at 01:57 PM - 7 comments

But Tullio Lanese, president of the Italian Referee's Association, says no.

posted by Hugh Janus at 02:30 PM on September 02, 2005

This guy is a brilliant referee and will be sorely missed by the beautiful game. He never made any match about himself, never tried to be part of the game, but anyone watching couldn't ignore him. His handling of players and coaches in the games biggest of matches was always fair and just and when he have you that look, you knew you earned it. May his life be lightened by the wings of angels. Ciao.

posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 02:37 PM on September 02, 2005

I think he'll still be a part of the game, hopefully by becoming the premier trainer of referees so that his style and philosophy are spread directly from him.

posted by billsaysthis at 06:24 PM on September 02, 2005

This is a great loss to soccer. To ease our pain, you could've at least linked to Laetitia Casta. There. I feel better already.

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:18 PM on September 02, 2005

He's good enough and scary enough that nobody talked back to him. The only referee I've seen celebrated on t-shirts by fans.

posted by owlhouse at 02:29 AM on September 03, 2005

Laetitia Casta is easily the boss of ya. /Paul Barman nerd

posted by yerfatma at 11:33 AM on September 05, 2005

He's going to Japan now...

posted by StarFucker at 08:10 AM on September 07, 2005

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